Skip to content

News

Chinese, UAE partners work to tap Middle East market

  • by

Dr Adrian Cheng (right), founder and executive chairman of K11 by AC of Almad Group, and Sheikh Mana, founder and chairman of Wafi Group, sign a joint venture agreement to launch multi-faceted partnerships on Dec 11 to expand their cultural and commercial footprints in the Middle East market. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A Hong Kong-based…

Google and Xreal reveal details of joint AI eyewear project

  • by

A humanoid robot at XREAL’s booth at the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 27, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Key details of Project Aura, a new pair of smart glasses, were jointly unveiled by Google and Xreal, an AR startup based in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, at the Android Show in California on December 8,…

Shanghai Port on track for record year

  • by

Containerships dock at a port in Shanghai on Dec 8. XINHUA With continued technology upgrading and industrial transformation, Shanghai Port is expected to beat its annual throughput record this year, reflecting China’s strong economic resilience and potential amid multiple market complexities and uncertainties, said experts and industry mavens. Their comments follow the release of Shanghai…

Hisense Europe sees 2025 sales up by 6%

  • by

VELENJE, Slovenia – Hisense Europe, a Chinese-owned consumer electronics and home appliances group based in Slovenia, expects to close 2025 with about 4.8 billion euros ($5.2 billion) in revenue, up 6 percent from 2024, Executive Vice-President Bostjan Pecnik said Thursday. Speaking at a press briefing in Velenje, Pecnik said the group’s profit will also exceed…

China’s vehicle exports hit monthly high

  • by

Visitors view an exhibit car of M-HERO under Chinese automaker Dongfeng during the 2025 Turin Auto Show in Turin, Italy, Sept 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s auto exports hit a record in November, topping 700,000 units in a single month for the first time, according to data released on Thursday by the China Association of Automobile…

Nation’s express delivery sector processing over 6,200 parcels per second

  • by

A staff member works at an automated parcel sorting line at an express hub of courier service provider J&T Express in Jiangning district of Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Nov 11. FANG DONGXU/FOR CHINA DAILY BEIJING — In Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, a resident surnamed Li received a parcel recently. It was a smart learning…

China gives go ahead for new tumor-targeting drug

  • by

InnoCare Pharma Ltd, a Hong Kong-listed Chinese mainland biotech company, said on Thursday that its cancer drug Zurletrectinib has won approval from the National Medical Products Administration to treat adults and adolescents aged 12 and older with solid tumors carrying NTRK gene fusions. The therapy, also known as ICP-723, is a next-generation TRK inhibitor designed to…

Auto parts town rides NEV wave for growth

  • by

A staff member checks an automotive rubber hose at a workshop of Pengling Co Ltd in the town of Zhongtang, on the outskirts of Tianjin, North China, Nov 5, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] TIANJIN — On the outskirts of Tianjin, far from the container terminals that embody the northern Chinese municipality’s industrial might, lies the town of…

Shandong bolsters cultural industries to propel socioeconomic progress

  • by

Farmers weave handicrafts with grass straws to help propel local socioeconomic progress, in Qishan town under Zhaoyuan, Shandong province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] In the county-level city of Zhaoyuan administered by Yantai in East China’s Shandong province, local villagers are incorporating culture and industry as a way to enhance rural vitalization and propel socioeconomic progress.…

Alibaba apps to integrate with Qwen

  • by

People visit the booth of Alibaba.com during the 136th China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province, Oct 15, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group is doubling down on artificial intelligence focused on both enterprises and consumers, and will integrate its e-commerce, map navigation and local services businesses into its newly launched…